adj i (g p. altae, Ml. 121c19 . allaid, 59d1 ). Later also allta, q.v.

(a) wild, undomesticated . Frequ. as attrib. with names of animals see ag, 1 cú, dam, damán, lóeg, muc(c), 1 os(s), 1 torc. cennaid .i. cen-fid . . . cui contrarius est a.¤ .i. al-fid .i. ala[i] ri (sic leg.) fid ┐ dīthruib, Corm. Y 298 . a measg bheathadhach n-állta, Mac Aingil 4023 . na hainmhinnte allta, TSh. 2441 . do chroicnibh . . . ainmhinteadh n-allta, Desid. 290 . Of a person: Creuisa a.¤ cendaidh `C. now wild now gentle', Aen. 616 . cid tarraid a.¤ cendaid, IT iii 86 § 91 . Of trees: is na crandaib alltaib, BB 497a30 (Alex., IT ii2 103.z ). Superl.: an beathadhach . . . as allta . . . dā bhfuil, Desid. 2926 .

(b) As subst. wild or undomesticated animal: in n-a.¤ gl. ferum, Ml. 102a18 . inna altai gl. feræ, 121b4 . altaib gl. feris animalibus, 121d2 . fiad cacha feda .i. a.¤ , Laws v 484.20 Comm. uiss ┐ altai na crích, MU² 384 . na hallta arna beratt do choin-siu the wild animals whom thy hounds do not overtake, BColm. 60.31 . ni hindlim ar iascu na alltu, Anecd. v 3.10 ( for iascu na eltai, Alex. 862 ). croccind na n-allta is ed ētach nobīd impu, Ériu i 44.5 . mile chet do doenibh ┐ altaibh `of men and flocks', AU i 476.8 = alltoibh, AFM ii 678.15 . ? Of a person: tánic Néit mac Induí in a.¤ (allaigh, Oilech, a hail- v.ll.) `the stranger', Metr. Dinds. iv 114.79 .

In phr. taísigecht a.¤ , apparently name of some domestic or political office: taisigecht a.¤ h-I. Conchobair a h-ucht h-I Chellaig ag Dail nDruithni, Hy Maine 86.9 ( Lec. 83rb31 ) = taigsigeacht allaigh i C. a hucht airdrigh o maine ag dail druithne, Uí Maine 45vb36 .

n (Engl. loanword): an damh allaigh ┐ an chamhois, Deuteronomy xiv 5 .

n o, m. IGT Decl. § 17 .

(a) boar : c.¤ gl. porcum, Sg. 66b25 . c.¤ .i. colach .i. ar mēt a chuil, Corm. Y 347 . c.¤ = a Boar, Eg. Gl. 442 . athach . . . ar iarraidh chullaigh, Ériu xiii 76 § 212 . irricht ín cullaigh allaigh , BB 25b55 . slan . . . do na reithib ┐ do na cullachaib, Laws v 156.1 Comm. cullaig ┐ tairb ┐ reitheda, 154.y Comm. ag fiadhach . . . ar cullcaib cuibfiaclacha, ZCP vi 54.7 .

(b) stallion : c.¤ .i. ech bretnach ut est no c.¤ allmuire .i. in c.¤ ech [doberar] tar oll in mara, O'Dav. 501 . indle ech . . . .i. cullaigh ┐ searraig lara `entire horses', Laws v 404.y Comm. glasch. la Glascoin `grey British stallion', Dinds. 107 .

Occas. of persons: c.¤ .i. lóech, Eg. 1782, 26 cited Meyer Contribb. 559 . at cru, a cullaig (contemptuously), Ann. Conn. 1342.3 . Muircheartach .i. an C.¤ Ua Dubhda, AFM ii 952.z .

n u, m. one who is outside or not bound by the law: esrecht .i. ni thairchilla recht, Ir. Gl. 18 = esricht .i. ni taircella recht, Corm. Y 515 . Esp. applied to persons or animals or articles not amenable to ordinary rules (e.g. as regards distraint), as: (1) kinless persons (2) idiots (3) pet animals or toys (the more usual meaning in legal material, EIF 181 n. 162 ). (1) eisreacht .i. dilleachta, O'Cl. (2) ro boí mac fir an bhaile ina obhloir ┐ ina eisrecht (of an idiot) MR 274.21 (cf. rob aiti...eisdrecht ┐ obhloire, Acall. 3183 ). (3) cin cach eisrechta (.i. na petadha), Laws i 156.29 - 160.8 ; 162.23 - 166.1 . eisrecta tiscena (.i. na heisrechta becca...i. coin ┐ cait becc[a]), v 250.4-15 . milchoin ┐ eisrechta olchena, Corm. Y 1018 (éisrechta Bodl. estrechta LB). im esrechta macraide .i. catín no lúb no bacán no liatróit, O'D. 502 ( H 3.17 c. 405 ). Laws i 124.13 . re henaib ┐ re huanaib ┐ re heistrechtaib in tighe household pets Laws iii 416.9 Comm. The eisrecht may be a wild or a domesticated animal: is leith .u. seoit ┐ sesed eneclainne isin eisrecht n-allaigh .i. leith in neich dobertha isin eisrecht cennaigh, O'Curry 351 ( = H 3.18, 193 (b) b ). intí romill immum in estrecht truagh (of a pet fly) Moling 74 . Cf. eisdreacht, m. IGT, Decl. § 24 (é- ?). eisdeacht fada as fada dhamh | ar aba an eisdreachd abadh, ex. 844 .